David Douyard, Chairmaker

MEET DAVID DOUYARD

David Douyard is a chairmaker building Windsor and Ladderback chairs in his shop in northwest Connecticut.  He started as an apprentice to a New York furniture maker and later had more formal training at Palomar College studying furniture making and design. He moved from interiors and furniture into building chairs more than 20 years ago having studied under several Windsor and ladderback chairmakers.  He has been awarded Top Artisan by Early American Life magazine and has several of his Windsor chairs featured in the magazine. He was awarded Editor’s Choice Award for Seating for a Windsor Sack Back Settee by Popular Woodworking and was recognized by The Society of American Period Furniture Makers.  David builds both contemporary and traditional chairs and teaches chairmaking and weaving in the USA and Australia.  He has been featured at the Lost Trades Fair in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.